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Opposition chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis embarked on a two-day tour of Epirus on Friday, mobilizing the conservative party mechanism for the eventuality of early elections.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said the port of Alexandroupolis would be transformed into a powerful transport hub during his official tour in the region of Thrace, in northeastern Greece. In his speech the Greek PM announced the construction of works connecting the railways of the city with the Bulgarian port of Burgas, as well as the upgrading of the roads in the wider Thrace region.

One day we may look back at the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017 as the relatively peaceful eye of the cyclone, the pause between an age that is ending and another that is beginning in anger and division. The only certainty is uncertainty - from our own country to the ends of the earth. In Greece we have learned how to live in crisis; maybe we don't know any other way.

A British colleague, who has been following the Cyprus problem right from the start in 1963, once said the Cyprus talks were very much like a plane that smoothly takes off every 10 years before making a crash landing each time. 

The number of small and medium-sized enterprises in Greece dropped by 145,000 between 2008 and 2015, according to figures released by the European Commission. In those seven years Greek SMEs lost 35 percent of their added value and 22 percent of the jobs they provided.

There were concerns in Athens Thursday over the possible repercussions of growing tensions between the European Union and Turkey after EU lawmakers called for a temporary suspension of accession talks with Ankara.

Around 5,000 rapes are reported in Greece every year but only around 150 of the victims take legal action, according to the Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine.

A recent report indicates that 24 percent of women have reported physical abuse (18 percent by their partner) while 6 percent of women claim to have suffered sexual abuse (5 percent by their partner).